Photo courtesy of SAG Foundation

Last week the SAG Foundation hosted a great panel called:

“Tales From The New Media Front: Content Creators Share Their Secrets.”

It featured Mark Gantt (The Bannen Way), Yuri Baranovsky (Leap Year), Helenna Santos-Levy (Ms. In The Biz), Ian Moffitt (Machinima) and was moderated by Zadi Diaz.

I was there in attendance with my web series writing partner Natasha Younge (The Younge Hollywood Blast), and it was a blast.

These are people I’ve always got my eye on to see what they are up to and what I can learn (as they happen to be some of the best web content creators out there).

This color coordination was NOT planned

What I most love about the people from this panel is that they don’t wait for things to happen.  They make things happen.  It’s the

kind of person I am and the kind of people I want to spend time with.

As an actor it can feel like you are at the mercy of  everyone else.  You want to be picked.  You want some validation.  You hope the opportunity comes.  You wait.  And you wait.  And you wait.

Once in a while you may catch a lucky break, but most of the time, you’re just…waiting.

And it really sucks.

Don’t Play The Waiting Game

Mark talked about the first seven years of his career spent waiting for his agent to call sucked.  He’s much happier as a writer, producer, director, creator starring in content that shows him at his best.  Yuri talked about his unwillingness to take the 15 year path to becoming a tv writer, instead investing the last 7 years in writing and producing his own digital storytelling.

How much time have you spent waiting, hoping, wondering when things are going to change?

The good news is, you can change them.

The great news is I can help you.

This is exactly what inspired me to create the Build Your Own Buzz program.  For an actor like you who wants to get the ball rolling but isn’t sure what to do.  Who knows there must be a better way and needs a little ass-kicking to get out of your head and into action.

I even roped Mark Gantt into letting me interview him.

So here’s the deal.  Build Your Own Buzz is open for enrollment until this Wednesday June 19th.

Obvi I want to see you in it if you know it’s something you need.

But whether or not you decide to take the program, at the very least grab the free video series if you haven’t yet.  These are also only available until June 19th.

You can learn some insight from Mark, get your hands on some great actor-marketing strategies and start implementing them right away.

Ready to take your success in your own hands? 

Join Build Your Own Buzz (the deadline to enroll is 6/19)

Missed the free BYOB video series?  Get it here.

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